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>Well done Theranos, keep at it!

Really? What if your family member died because of inaccuracy of Theranos' results? Would you still cheer for them?

This whole article is extremely damning. Some stuff just makes your head spin:

>Carmen Washington, a nurse who worked at a clinic owned by Walgreens in Phoenix, says she began to question Theranos’s accuracy after seeing abnormal results in potassium and thyroid tests.

>She says she raised her concerns with the drugstore operator and Theranos’s lab director, asking for data to show that the company’s finger-prick testing procedures produced results as accurate as blood drawn from a vein.

>“They were never able to produce them,” she says. Ms. King says the company did show detailed testing-accuracy data to the nurse.

Anyway, if you ever need any tests done, stay away from Theranos.




I thought the 'well done' was ironic.


Sarcastic, even.




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